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After “I Do”: Would You Ever Have Separate Bedrooms?

Look, I get the math behind one couple = one bedroom. But I can see the benefits of having separate bedrooms.

One person goes to bed early, the other likes to stay up and play video games. One person likes to be warm and snuggly, the other would rather sleep with the windows open. One person can only fall asleep in silence, the other likes a little white noise.

I’m just saying I can see where, some nights—like the nights when Rory wants to watch Weeds in bed on his iPhone at 2 a.m.—it might be nice to say good night and go your separate ways. In our case (2 a.m. iPhone watching be damned) I think we’ll always be a one-bedroom couple. But is sharing a bedroom always the best living situation for every couple? Most of us bunked alone for 20 or 30 years before shacking up, so is it so unreasonable to want to continue with the status quo?

What do you guys think? Do you and your guy have similar bedtime habits? Do you think it might be easier if you slept alone? Did anyone’s parents or grandparents have separate bedrooms? (My grandparents did, but not ’til they were way older, I think.)